The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-11-24

/ OOW6s lbddC ACkCE6O4 WAS pIODdOly
fatally burned. Samuel Scion was
seriously burned, and internally in
| jured by jumping. Lewis Blanchard
was injured about the head. James
/ Small and Levi Carr each suffered
from q broken ankle. caused by jump
ing. Loss, $40, 600; uninsured.
A NEBRASKA FIRE.
BLoo1uNeToN, Neb., Nov. 17.-Fire
yesterday destroyed large dry goods
bank building ana contents, hard
ware store, drug store, pOStofice and
contents, and the Guard Office and con-
tents. Loss, $50, 900; insurance. S15, OO9.
FATAL TROUBLE.
BESSEDIER, Mich, Nov. 17.-Captain
Green and two miners fell from the top
of the shaft house in the Anvil mines,
to the bottom of the shaft yesterday.
The two miners were instantly killed
and Captain Green is not expected to
recover.
DECATUR, Ala, Nov. 17.-Fire broke
out at 2 o'clock this morning on the
west side OF Bank street. Nearly an
entire block was burned in the bust
ness portion of the city. The loss is
over S75, 900.
KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 17.-By the
falling OF walls at O'Clock this after
noon Of the Everson building in Salina
street, recently burned, two working
men were killed and another missing.
DRY GOODS HOUSE BURNED.
OwENsBoRo. KY, Nov. ia.
ROthchilds & Co. IS wholesale dry goods
house was burned at 2 o'clock this
morning. Loss, $50, 600; insurance, S44,-
600.
TWO STATEMENTS.
LAWRENCE, Nov. 16.-A statement
was recently published by J. B. Wat
kins, of this city, to the effect that the
Western Farm Mortgage Company,
also of this city, had been unable to
furnish the mortgage papers which they
certified to be on file in that Office, is
declared by Mr.. ID. S. Snow, secretary
of the American Loan & Trust Com
pany, to be absolutely false. Mr..
Snow also says in the letter referred to
that these mortgages and other papers
possession according to the terms of
the contract.
A FATAL DYNAMITE BLAST.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 15.-News is just
received here that five negro laborers
were killed by dynamite blast in
cut on the extension of the Nashville
& Florence Railroad. The names were
not learned. They were buried by
stones and earth. The explosion took
~
recovered until Sunday.
STEAMER ATTIRE.
BOSTON Nov. 16.-Eire was discover
ed early this morning in the afterhold
of the steamer Venetian, loading at
this port for Liverpool, to sail to-day.
The fire is confined to the lower hold,
and the general cargo is being removed
while that portion of vessel where the
fire started is being flooded with water.
Loss will be heavy. but cannot be as
certained at present. While the fire
men were fighting the fire in the hold,
the smoke became so dense and the
heat so great, that large number OF
hremen were overcome and rescued
with difficulty. AS many as twenty
five of Them had to be carried to the
open air, where all were reSusciated,
and it is not believed fatal results will
enSue, although a number are incapa-
citated for further work. The Vene-
tian is the same ship that arrived here
November 10th with fire in the forward
hold. The cargo was then thrown in
to the sea, and the fire extingaished
| with steam,
STRINGENT MEASURES TO BE NsTI-
TUTED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The state
ment is published here that the heads
| of the police department decided to-
day that hereafter the anarchists will
not be allowed to meet, and that the
| carrying of any banners or badges, the
pIaying of any music, should they
undertake to parade, will not be per-
mitted. There are limited of probably
sensational developments soon. Herr
Most declares that the published state
ments as to the tenor of his remarks at
the anarchist meeting at Saturday
night do him great injustice. He de-
clareS that he made no such lncendlary
/ of fri RI
THE BELLIGERENTs IN HOOK.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 15.-The
Crow Indians who raised the trouble
at the Crow agency, arrived in st. Paul
to-day in charge of Lieutenant Cook
and were taken to Fort Smelling, where
they will be incarcerated until the sec.
rotary of the interior makes some de
cision in their case.
A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-The Arbeitel
Zeitung publishes letter addressed t.
the wife of EnRel by certain show
man, Offering her SIC, 900 for the body
of Lingg, the purpose being to place il
on exhibition in the different cite:
throughout the United States.
SIX MEN KILLED.
HANCOCK, Mich, Nov. 16.-A pack
ing house of the Hancock Chemica
Works was blown up this morning anC
six men were killed. Particulars later
CAR SHOPS BURNED.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 19.-At half past
o'clock this morning fire started IL
the carpenter shop of the Cincinnati
! Southern railway at Ludlow, Kentucky
; and spread with great rapidity. Th
Immense car anfi machine shops, GOV
. ering two acres of ground, were total.
destroyed, together with all the tool
and machinery and a large number o
cars and material. About 500 EN-
ployes will be thrown out of employ
a ment. Loss, $500, 900. Only stree
! separated the village dwellings ant
= business houses from the flames, blu
: | by good fortune the wind was favOra
: bic and efforts of the citizens wit
2 buckets, aided by the little hand en-
. CINE of the town, kept the fire iron
: burning the whole village The Gov
3 inQton fire depart ment was unable t
!, reach Ludlow on account of the ba
condition of the streets. The burne
= property is said to be fully insured.
2 ACoTToN BLAZE.
a MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 1S.-Cou
Cotton Compress and Storage CON
pany, together with Is, 200 bales of col
: ton, were destroyed by fire last night
e causing total loss of S755 900, of whic
v $3.50, 900 was on cotton and $125, 900 o
g presses and buildings. The total IL
l. Surance Will aggregate S4oO ,UOO. i
k was with great difficulty that adjoinin
# buildings and cotton were saved, 8
well as q number of coal barges on tn
river. The flames covered an area {
O. three blocks, and lighted up the entiI
)r city. The origin of the fire is unknown
he but is supposed to be incendiary. Wa
r ter MendenhaI, a fireman on the Lit
er Rock railroad, has been arrested Q
or suspicion.
I'd HERR MOST RELEASED.
g. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Johann Mo
h. has been released on 81 500 bail. WhC
he Most was arraigned in court for gener
in sessions, the room was fairly We
filled with the anarchists symp
thizers. a woman named Ida Ho
%, man, of whom one of the spectacle
TX said she was the wife of physical
of announced that she was present
ng give bail for Most. She stated that
hit though she and her husband had TAX
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